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Dec 19th, 2023
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, confers with Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Paul Calandra, at Queen’s Park, in Toronto, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023Chris Young/The Canadian Press By Charlie Pinkerton, Orillia Matters, December 8, 2023 From March 2019 to March 2021, province issued 44 mini...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 19th, 2023
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The Ontario Government is trying to ram through Highway 413 and a huge gas plant while you’re distracted by the holidays. A recent Supreme Court ruling found flaws with the federal Impact Assessment process, but this was just an advisory ruling which can be accommodated with changes to the Impact Ass...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 19th, 2023
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Wind turbines at the White Pine Wind project can be seen near a hay field in Milford, Ont. in 2018. Lars Hagberg ByMarco Chown OvedStaff Reporter, The Toronto Star Monday, December 11, 2023 Once the Canadian leader in solar and wind, the province halted construction – and cancelled partially-built p...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 19th, 2023
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By Michael Owen, December 7, 2023, Bradford Today ‘This simple solution — for a very modest amount of money — will significantly reduce waste entering into our watershed, protecting our ecosystems,’ says Scott Bradford is looking to take out the trash before it can make its way into the W...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 14th, 2023
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Dinner and a Blue Rodeo Tribute Concert with Diamond Mine Saturday December 16, 2023 Utopia Hall 8396 6th Line, Utopia ON Dinner Buffet at 6pm Concert starts at 7pm Advance Tickets $50 Tickets At-the-Door $65 Led by Barry James Payne, former guitarist in Rant Maggie Rant and front man of his own proj...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 10th, 2023
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Kinga Surma, Ontario Minister of Infrastructure, trade places at the podium during a news conference at Ontario Place, in Toronto on April 18, 2023Chris Young/The Canadian Press Value-for-money reports critique province on Ontario Science Centre, health care, the environ...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 10th, 2023
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Community organizations are calling on the provincial government to reinstate all protections for the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve. Pictured are community members rallying in front of Ajax MPP Patrice Barnes’s office more than one year ago. Susie Kockerscheidt/Metroland Local groups head...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 6th, 2023
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Join Stacy Brenner, Senior Policy Advisor for Maine Farmland Trust’s land access programs, and Krisztian Varsa, Georgia Farms Fund Program Manager for the Conservation Fund to learn about their organizations’ unique approaches to land access for farmers. Tuesday January 16th, 12 pm – 1 pm, online Thi...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 6th, 2023
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Municipal planners and land trusts often work independently and use different systems towards their conservation goals. Both systems have their strengths and challenges and yet the two groups rarely collaborate to effect significant, long-term protection. In this webinar, Ian Attridge, Denise Van Ame...
By AWARE Simcoe
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Dec 6th, 2023
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Ontario Clean Air Alliance Napanee takes the bait Last night, Greater Napanee Town Council decided to sell its residents’ right to clean air and a safe climate to Ontario Power Generation (OPG). Town Council endorsed OPG’s plan to build a third massive gas-fired power plant in Napanee in exchange for...
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